In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.
“There are many young talents in Brazil. There is a lot of hope in Felipe Massa. It is very difficult to judge him in his first year, but by the end of the end we are going to have a better position how he does in Formula One.”
“But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.”